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To: Cyber Liberty; dsrtsage
So a siphon requires both gravity and atmosphere.

Yes!
90 posted on 05/11/2010 10:34:14 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: BitWielder1

I didn’t say that...I was quoting someone. That’s what I use italics for....


97 posted on 05/11/2010 10:41:00 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: BitWielder1

“So a siphon requires both gravity and atmosphere.”

Not according to scientists that have experimentally done it in a vacuum. Everyone keeps confusing atmospheric pressure and hydrostatic pressure. The reason the siphon breaks down if you exceed the magic “33” feet has nothing to do with atmospheric pressure pushing anything up the tube, it has to do with degassing of dissolved gasses breaking the siphon.


104 posted on 05/11/2010 10:55:47 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 393)
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